Taesangwang
{{Short description|Title for a retired king or emperor of Korea}}
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{{Infobox Korean name
| title = Taesangwang
| hangul = 태상왕
| hanja = 太上王
| rr = Taesangwang
| mr = T'aesangwang
| koreanipa =
| othername1 = Taesanghwang
| hangul1 = 태상황
| hanja1 = 太上皇
| rr1 = Taesanghwang
| mr1 = T'aesanghwang
| othername2 = Sangwang
| hangul2 = 상왕
| hanja2 = 上王
| rr2 = Sangwang
| mr2 = Sangwang
| othername3 = Sanghwang
| hangul3 = 상황
| hanja3 = 上皇
| rr3 = Sanghwang
| mr3 = Sanghwang
}}
Taesangwang or Taesanghwang (literally "King Emeritus the Great" or "Emperor Emeritus the Great") is the title for a retired king or Korean Emperor in Korean history. Sometimes the term is called Sangwang or Sanghwang.
History
Taejo of Goguryeo called himself "Taejo the Great" ({{langx|ko|太祖大王|Taejodaewang}}), who is the first retired king on the Samguk Sagi to retired and abdicated in favour of his son Suseong as a successor.
The last retired emperor as the Taesanghwang was Emperor Gojong in Korean Empire.